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Princeton Invitational
Huskies Face Princeton, LIU, Rutgers at Princeton Invite
10/17/2022 8:50:00 AM | Women's Tennis
PRINCETON, N.J. – The UConn women's tennis team took part in the Princeton Invitational over the weekend, competing in a blind dual match format against the host Tigers, Rutgers and LIU.
The sophomore tandem of Olivia Wright (Glen Allen, VA) and Isabel Petri-Bere (Lund, Sweden) won a pair of doubles matches on the weekend. The duo beat the Rutgers team of Minchas Kim and Tara Chilton, 8-6, on Friday and on Sunday topped LIU's Victoria Erechtchenko and Saki Oyama, 8-7(5).
Wright grabbed a singles win on Saturday, beating LIU's Oyama, 6-2, 6-2.
Sophomore Maria Constantinou (Nicosia, Cyprus) picked up a singles win over Victoria Erechtchenko of LIU, 6-4, 7-6(5), and also earned a doubles win with junior Aleksandra Karamyshev (Ashton, MD). The duo teamed for an 8-7 win over Arina Valitova and Jackie Lopez from Rutgers.
UConn will close out the fall schedule this weekend playing in the Brown Invitational.
Princeton Invitational
Friday:
Princeton v. UConn - Singles
Zoe Howard (Princeton) d. Olivia Wright (UConn) 6-3, 6-0
Leena Bennetto (Princeton) d. Maria Constantinou (UConn) 6-1, 6-1
Maia Sung (Princeton) d. Aleksandra Karamyshev (UConn) 6-2, 6-1
Grace Joyce (Princeton) d. Nansi Toskova (UConn) 6-1, 6-3
Michelle Sorrokko (Princeton) d. Isabel Petri-Bere (UConn) 4-6, 7-6, 1-0(5)
Jayme Leschly (Princeton) d. Denise Lai (UConn) 6-4, 6-3
Rutgers v UConn - Doubles
Olivia Wright/ Isabel Petri-Bere (UConn) d. Minchas Kim/ Tara Chilton (Rutgers) 8-6
Aleksandra Karamyshev/ Maria Constatinou (UConn) d. Arina Valitova/ Jackie Lopez (Rutgers) 8-7(4)
Chloe Brown/ Amira Badawi (Rutgers) d. Nansi Toskova/ Doga Takunyaci (UConn) 8-1
Mai Nguyen/Daria Cardenas (Rutgers) d. Denise Lai/Cameron Didion (UConn) 8-7(4)
Saturday:
UConn v. LIU - Singles
Olivia Wright(UConn) d. Saki Oyama (LIU) 6-2, 6-2
Maria Constantinou (UConn) d. Victoria Erechtchenko (LIU) 6-4, 7-6(5)
Leo Boisseau (LIU) d. Aleksandra Karamyshev (UConn) 6-0, 6-2
Bianca Campuesto (LIU) d. Isabel Petri-Bere (UConn) 6-3, 6-3
Elinor Storkaas (LIU) d. Caroline Cook (UConn) 6-0, 3-6, 1-0(9)
Phoebe Watton (LIU) d. Kate Jorjoliani (LIU) 6-3, 1-6, 1-0(5)
Denise Lai (UConn) d. S. Takunyaci (UConn)6-3, 6-3
Cameron Didion (UConn) d. Jasmin Maduel (LIU) 6-1, 7-5
Princeton v. UConn - Doubles
Maia Sung/Grace Joyce (Princeton) d. Olivia Wright/ Isabel Petri-Bere (UConn) 8-3
Zoe Howard/ Leena Bennetto (Princeton) d. Arina Valitova/ Jackie Lopez (UConn) 8-4
Eva Elbaz/Michelle Sorrokko (Princeton) d. Nansi Toskova/ Doga Takunyaci (UConn) 7-7 ret.
Sunday:
UConn v. Rutgers - Singles
Jackie Lopez (Rutgers)d. Olivia Wright(UConn) 6-3, 6-4
Tara Chilton(Rutgers) d. Maria Constantinou (UConn) 6-2, 6-3
Amira Badawi (Rutgers) d. Aleksandra Karamyshev (UConn) 6-0, 6-2
Caroline Cook (UConn) d. Daira Cardenas (Rutgers) 7-6(1), 7-6(9)
Arina Valitova(Rutgers) d. Cameron Didion (UConn) 6-2, 6-2
Minchae Kim (Rutgers) d. Denise Lai (UConn) 6-1, 6-1
UConn v. LIU - Doubles
Olivia Wright/ Isabel Petri-Bere (UConn) d. Victoria Erechtchenko/ Saki Oyama (LIU) 8-7(5)
Elinor Storkaas/ Leo Boisseau (LIU) d. Aleksandra Karamyshev/ Maria Constatinou (UConn) 8-5
Bianca Campuesto/ Phoebe Watton(LIU) d. Denise Lai/Cameron Didion (UConn) 8-6
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